r/macpro

After realizing these little guys have hit almost crazy level of low pricing, I managed to snag this beauty! My research shows it was built in 2016 and I think got a pretty good deal. $200 got me:

A shell with minor dings,

8 Core Xeon E5

256GB OEM SSD

32 GB OEM RAM

D700 - 6GB GPU

As I understand it being built in 2016 means this guy came after the D500 + D700 recall.

Right now I’m just using it as my Tailscale exit node but I think I might do a light bit of Minecraft on it or something. Either way I’m ecstatic to have one of my own finally.

I do a lot of coding on my mac and also a outdoorsy person. But I didn't want to setup any VPN or weird network stuff for some 3rd party app. So I built macky.dev as a fun side project.

This works by establishing a direct peer to peer connection between the mac and iphone so none of the data goes outside these two devices. Behind the scenes it works like this: mac first makes a outbound connection to my signaling server which is like a waiting room and the iphone connects to this same server waiting to connect to that mac. Once both the host and remote are verified the server introduces both to a direct p2p webrtc connection.

hey all, long time mac pro user and enthusiast here. last year i retired my 2010 5,1 as my main machine, and upgraded to an m4 pro macbook pro. i do miss tinkering with the 5,1 a lot, i’ve upgraded it to the max so there’s not much more i can do.

so, i decided to purchase a 2013 mac pro to tinker with a bit and use as a home server. i’ve got quite a few plans for it and i think it’ll make a killer minecraft server / NAS / piece of art to sit on a shelf.

I got a fully maxed out 1.5tb of ram quad w6800x machine with an extra 34tb raid drive. If anyone is interested.

Today’s the day. My 5,1 goes to sleep (for now) and my new to me 7,1 steps into the spotlight. Beyond excited to dig into this thing. While I have your attention. I’d also like to take this moment to offer up my OG 30 inch Cinema Display for any fellow enthusiasts in the Chicagoland area. (hope it’s okay to post a for sale thing like this here. $75 OBO, in great condition, no dead pixels. Original power supply and a $70 Dual Link DVI to USB C adapter included. 😁

just saw this on marketplace, and need some opinion about this. is this good for stremio and apple arcade?

Well even though some tried to persuade me away from it, I snagged a 7,1 today and for a price and spec I was pretty happy with! Tried to stay as close to $1K as possible and did so at $1047. See the spec below:

3.5GHz 8-Core 48GB RAM 1TB SSD AMD Radeon Pro 580X

All that said… what should I upgrade first?!? Would love to slam a ton of storage in it but don’t wanna drop a grand on NVME’s…. Yet.

Listing in question: https://eshop.macsales.com/configure-my-mac/apple-mac-pro-late-2019?sku=UASA1JS7XXAXXXC&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_campaign=googlebase&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22212929467&gbraid=0AAAAAD_cuHT1uj3b5H1IsquDI37cjojTz

As my 5,1 12 Core Mac Pro with 64GB of RAM FINALLY begins to show its age as a remote access plex server, Ive begun to side eye these cheap(er) low end 7,1's. I'll be honest I really didn't look too much into expandability on these on launch since the price was astronomical and it didn't seem as expandable as the 5,1's.

That said, does anyone know what the max spec this model could get to with aftermarket add ons only? NOTE: I do not care if its insane to the have 1TB of RAM for a plex server, I simply like to know these things and if the god forsaken day arrives when RAM is once again less than the price of a used Honda, I would like to know what my options are.

Thanks!

Hi everyone new Mac Pro user here! I recently got this Mac Pro from my friend who doesn’t need it anymore and I’m trying to make I’m my daily driver. It has a 2.8 ghz cpu and 32gb of ram. I’m planning on putting Mac OS 11 or 12 (haven’t decided) and AI said before I do anything I have to get this chip cooled or there will be hardware crashes. Just wanted to make sure on what I need and if it’s necessary. (I know the gpu is old I have a new one on the way for metal)😀

I recently purchased a Mac Pro 4,1 off of Facebook Marketplace listed as “untested”. I get it home, plug it in, and get a CPU error light on the board (single cpu board). I wanted to upgrade it to a dual anyway so I just bought a dual board that included CPUs and swapped over the RAM after repasting the CPUs. After this, I plugged everything in and now the fans turn on but I don’t hear a chime and I don’t get any video output. What should I do?

The specs are:
2x4GB Crucial ECC DDR3 memory sticks (one in each bank)
2x Xeon E5520 processors
Nvidia GT120 GPU
No storage installed currently

What I’ve tried:
Reseating just about everything
Resetting PRAM and SMC
Moving the GPU to a different slot
Swapping around memory sticks/using different sticks
Adjusting tightness of CPU heatsinks
Removing any extra PCIE cards
Replacing PRAM battery

I’m wondering if maybe it’s because I’m using a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter to connect it to a monitor but either way I’m not getting a chime so I doubt it.

I’ve included a picture of the Mac Pro and a picture of the diagnostic LEDs when it’s powered on.

Got this Mac Pro 2013 as-is.

The Mac wouldn't turn on only the ports lights would come on, no power button lights.
After diagnosing with the I/O board LEDs I discovered that on standby (after holding the magnet near the sensor and getting the ports to light up) I get LEDs 2, 3 and 5 and in that state pressing the power button does nothing except turning the lights of the ports on like I would get with the outer case on. However if I hold a magnet near the sensor zone and fidget it at a specific distance, the machine boots but still only the power button lights up, the port LEDs don't.
Once booted it works perfectly fine (as long as i keep a magnet in that exact position). Any idea what could cause this behavior?

Worth noting that i did take it apart to check connections which did not fix my issue and when I went to network recovery I discovered the SSD is dead.

Specs: 12-core, 2x D700, 64GB 1866MHz RAM

Thank you for your time :)

Lacks any upgrades or changes. where is Doctor Who when you need him?

Radeon 6800 (non-XT)